Elvis and the Beauty Queen
Don Johnson stars as Elvis Presley in this made-for-TV true story about The King's love affair with Linda Thompson (Stephanie Zimbalist), a young beauty pageant contestant who was his live-in girlfriend and traveling companion for the last four years of his life. The story begins with their first meeting and traces their years together when Thompson tried to keep Presley off drugs in the last years of his career.
Elvis and the Beauty Queen (1981)
Gus Trikonis
At a glance
Countries
United States of America
Ratings
TMDB users
3.9/10
7 votes
Rating consensus
39/100 blend
Sources: TMDB
Cooler blended reception — weighted ~39/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
Cast
Don Johnson
Elvis Presley
Stephanie Zimbalist
Linda Thompson
Ann Dusenberry
Jeannie LeMay
Rick Lenz
David Briggs
Ann Wedgeworth
Aunt Betty
Richard Herd
Sanford Thompson
Jay W. MacIntosh
Marge Thompson
Ruta Lee
Su-Su
Edward Edwards
Sam Thompson
John Crawford
Vernon Presley
Darrell Fetty
Pete Moore
Richard Winterstein
Bobby Farr
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Elvis and the Beauty Queen (1981)
Gus Trikonis
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